Strengthening Littering Laws

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Strengthening Litter Laws

“Strengthening Littering Laws.” 2007 Report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee. Web. 19 Sept 2010. <http://www.p2pays.org/ref/50/49991.pdf>
Facts:


  1. “Paper based items are the top three most recycled items by school systems.”
  2. “Slightly more than three-fourths (77.4%) of LEAs recycle cardboard, making it the most recycled item.”
  3. “Paper and newspaper are second and third on the list, with 76.5% and 73.9% of school systems recycling these items”
  4. “Only five school systems (Anson, Bladen, Haywood, Moore, and Sampson) have no organized recycling program intact”
  5. “115 school systems the response was overwhelmingly positive, with almost all (95.7%) of LEAs having a program in all or at least one of the schools in their system’
  6. “This resulted in a percent increase of 1.8% from 2006/2007”
  7. “Additionally, the vast majority of individual schools in the North Carolina School System (88.6% or 2,086 schools)3 report they recycle at least one item”
  8. “040 Anson County Schools - We used to have one, but it was too much work for the amount of money that we got in return for it”
  9. “860 Surry County Schools - cell phones, magazines, telephone directories, textbooks, workbooks”
  10. “The largest increase was in ink/toner cartridges, which almost doubled from 36.5% in 2006 to 72.2% in 2007”
  11. “The least recycled items reported are plastic cafeteria utensils (7.8%),”
  12. “Senate Bill 1014, which directs the State Board of Education to report on the recycling efforts on a yearly basis”
  13. “610 Mitchell County Schools - At this time our central office administration and board of education is updating our system wide policy manual. Providing a policy concerning recycling is a high priority for development. Currently our system allows recycling to be an individual school’s decision.”
  14. 840 Stanly County Schools - The schools participate on an individual basis in recycling efforts.
  15. “440 Haywood County Schools - Our maintenance director is presently working with the county to develop a recycling program”
  16. “090 Bladen County Schools - Do not have enough participation and interest”
  17. “790 Rockingham County Schools - We do not have a system-wide recycle program due to the expanse of our County.”